Building Inclusive Preschool Environments: Practical Workshop for Educators Based on the Small Steps, Big Changes for Preschool Inclusion book by our Project Lead, Ng Lai-Thin, these workshops support early childhood educators, early childhood intervention (ECI) practitioners and teams to create preschool environments where all children can participate, belong, and learn. The workshop focus on inclusion…
Press statement for the publication of “Small Steps, Big Changes for Preschool Inclusion” book by Lai-Thin Ng
Book publication: Small Steps, Big Changes for Preschool Inclusion: Toolbox of Strategies to Implement Inclusive Education
Published Date: November 2020 Type: Webinar In this webinar session organised by SEED Autism Services, Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS, advisor of NECIC, answers the following questions: Links: The webinar is shared on SEED Autism’s Youtube channel. Resources mentioned in the webinar include:
Date: 8th Oct 2019 The National Early Childhood Intervention Council (NECIC) would like to respond to a report entitled “A school of their own” (Sunday Star, Sept 15), which highlighted the immense lack of early intervention services to serve the increasing number of children with autism in Malaysia. We at the NECIC agree that both…
Date: 31st July 2019 The National Early Childhood Intervention Council (NECIC) would like to respond to Letter from Jerrica Fatima Ann on “An Inclusive Education Minefield” where she suggested to “put away the roadmap to Inclusive education until the state and civil society awaken to their responsibility”. We would like to highlight constructive and workable…
Published: December 2018 Type: Research – Survey Authors: Amar-Singh HSS, Alvin Teoh, Shyielathy Arumugam, Sarini Bujang, Edmund Lim, Ng Lai Thin Inclusive education of children with disabilities is accepted internationally as a standard and right for all children. While Malaysia appears to subscribe to this opinion in principle, the reality on the ground appears to…
Date: 29th August 2018 This is an open letter to the ministers and ministries of Education, Health and Welfare to outline key gaps in our services for children with disabilities. The National Early Childhood Intervention Council (NECIC) is a registered coalition of parents, therapists and professionals from a large number of NGOs and agencies working…
Date: 11 January 2018 In December 2017, the education ministry called for the streaming system in schools to be abolished across the country. In support of the government’s position, NECIC President Dr Wong Woan Yiing and Project Officer Ng Lai Thin explained how three decades’ worth of research favors an inclusive learning environment over an…
Published: 2018 Type: Guidance Toolkit Author: Bahagian Pendidikan Khas, Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia This set of guidelines is updated from the 2013 version. It provides guidance for mainstream and special education teachers to implement Program Pendidikan Inklusif (PPI) — Inclusive Education Programme, for children with disabilities in Malaysia. The guidelines are available only in Bahasa Malaysia.…